Smart guy, that Ted Cruz, as a lot of politicians and candidates will oft use a lot of words and never stick to topic. They also dance around and never want to reveal what is actually going on. Er, not Ted upon being asked about the Iran deal (and of course, the question is from a Democrat with a byline):
Several times you have mentioned that in international crisis you would seek the advice of military personnel, now recently there are three dozen former generals and admirals would say this is our only option to keep nuclear weapons from Iran. Are you going to listen to that letter at all?
Which is to say, “hey you rube, aren’t you going to listen to conventional wisdom from the Smart People? Cruz, in return, hands him his head:
After letting out a chuckle, Cruz replied, “I don’t know the letter to which you are referring, but I can tell you this Iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic.”
“The single greatest national security threat facing America is the threat of a nuclear Iran. If this deal goes through, three things will happen. Number one, the Obama Administration will be world’s leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism. Billions of dollars will flow to jihadist who will use that money to try and murder Americans. Number two, this leaves four American hostages in Iran…but number three, most dangerously, this deal only accelerates Iran’s acquiring a nuclear weapon.”
And this is where Cruz shows that simple wisdom, and simply listening to what your enemies say, trumps conventional wisdom:
The Texas senator went on to say of Iran, “If there’s one principle that history has taught us, it is that if somebody tells you they want to kill you, believe them.”
Especially when their utmost goal is to get said nuke.
